Cream of the Crop: Best Mystery & Suspense Stories of Bill Pronzini -- Bill Pron

<p>Twenty-six stories personally selected by Bill Pronzini from over a half century's writing career, including a selection of standalone mysteries, plus stories featuring Carpenter & Quincannon and The Nameless Detective.</p><p><br></p><p>The selections here span a broad range of topics, themes, settings, and types of crime fiction. Some are grim, some upbeat, some wryly humorous; no two are alike. The one unifying factor in all of the stories is that they're character-driven. People both good and bad-who they are and what makes them act and react the way they do-are the core ingredient of Pronzini's crime fiction. </p><p><br></p><p>Several of these have been honored in best of the year anthologies and have been nominated for awards. The Nameless Detective story, "Cat's-Paw," won a PWA Best Short Story Shamus Award. And two were filmed: "Proof of Guilt" was adapted for an episode of the British TV series <em>Tales of the Unexpected, </em>and "Liar's Dice" was the basis for a 1995 made-for-U.S. TV film.</p><p><br></p><p>Here is Bill Pronzini at his best... the best of the best!</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Bill Pronzini<br><b>Publisher:</b> Stark House Press<br><b>Published:</b> 08/05/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 342<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.87lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.71d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9798886010992